#FFC159#FFC159

#FFC159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC159
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, 11.89, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 60.66, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% 0.0294 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.139 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.1169, 60.1257, 17.7830)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC159 #5997FF

analogous

#FF6E59 #FFC159 #EAFF59

triadic

#FFC159 #59FFC1 #C159FF

tetradic

#FFC159 #59FF6E #5997FF #FF59EA

square

#FFC159 #59FF6E #5997FF #FF59EA

split-complementary

#FFC159 #59EAFF #6E59FF

monochromatic

#DE8B00 #FFAA1C #FFC159 #FFD896 #FFEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#FFC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC159

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC159	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd38c',
    500: '#ffc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc159;
$custom-light: #ffd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.59,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84841,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC159

secondary

#2668D6

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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